Gender, Class, and Respectability in Leisure Understanding Women’s ‘Free Time Activities’ in Modern Turkey

• Main Author: Demirbaş, Gökben
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Taylor & Francis 2024
• Series: Routledge Critical Leisure Studies
• Subjects: civility code; class; Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning; feminist research; gender; Gender studies, gender groups; Geography; Gokben Demirbas; honour code; Human geography; Interdisciplinary studies; Islam; JBSF1 Gender studies: women and girls; leisure; Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects; Regional / International studies; respectability; sexual division of labour; sociability; Social groups, communities and identities; Social Science; Society and culture: general; Society and Social Sciences; Sociology; Sociology and anthropology; Sociology: sport and leisure; space; Sports & Recreation; Sports and Active outdoor recreation; structure-agency; Turkey; women; Women's Studies

This book interrogates the role of gender and class in shaping women’s everyday leisure practices. Drawing on empirical research in urban Turkey, the book explores how leisure is perceived and practised by women within their communities. The book examines the relationship of women’s leisure to their...